A Week in HR Tech – TecHR Round-up for 20-April-2020 – Featuring Escoffier, Hibob, Insperity, Microsoft Teams and More…

As the global workforce and the global Human Resource taskforce adjusts to the changes being forced upon economies and companies because of the Covid19 pandemic, the growing importance of HR technology and collaborative tools is being felt more than ever.

Catch more HR Technology highlights from the week that went by…

There are increasing business and employee expectations of the HR department. For example, the reason employees expect so much of the HR department is based on employees’ personal life experiences of consumer-world service and support. In addition, outdated HR processes that are too manually intensive (and potentially unstructured) can result in work delays, errors, and increased costs.

–Doron Youngerwood, Director of Marketing At SysAid

Escoffier Appoints New Vice President of Talent and Culture

Hibob Hires New Chief Revenue Officer

Insperity Announces Changes to Recruiting Services to Support COVID-19 Crisis

Blockchain innovator SIMBA Chain Launched New Training Website

GO1.com Launches Integration With Microsoft Teams

Modern Hire Launches Hiring Blueprints To Help Companies Hire Quality Talent

“Utilizing technology and making data-informed decisions is becoming a requirement to be a successful HR leader, especially working in the tech industry. It’s important to keep up as tools evolve — using more AI in hiring, for example. HR leaders aren’t called to just think about efficiency in their own world, though, but to support all employees in becoming more productive and engaged. To do that you need to stay close to employee roles as they evolve, as well as the pulse on new technologies and best practices in our space.”

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